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Serving up tennis technology

James works as a sports engineer at the International Tennis Federation in south-west London. He helps to keep a balance between tradition and technology in this forward-thinking sport, covering balls, rackets, court surfaces and footwear. We took a trip down to their testing lab to find out more.

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Good Vibrations

From the Arctic Monkeys, to Ed Sheeran and the Manic Street Preachers; Guy Massey is the sound engineer recording some of the best in the business.

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The buzz of the chase

Whether she’s chasing radio pirates, or helping aeroplanes to land safely, no two days are the same for Sara Salim. Sara works as a Radio Spectrum Engineer for Ofcom, making sure we get crisp and clear radio, television, and mobile phone signals. Tomorrow’s Engineers spoke to Sara about the buzz of engineering, and the glamour of her job behind the scenes.

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Like X-rays for machines

If you’re engineering parts for planes, trains or nuclear plants, how do you measure how well they’re working? How do you know if they’re feeling the strain in certain areas or might break? And how can you do this with objects made of metal, when it might not be obvious to the human eye?

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Mclaren mean machines

Chris Gosling joined McLaren's graduate programme four years ago and now has a big input on the engineering of super-fast cars like the one in this video!

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Ice ice baby

Chris has an ice cool engineering job making ice creams in Naples, in Italy - the home of modern ice cream. He helps make the swirling Cornetto patterns on a large scale for people in parks the world over.

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Charged up

Cars and road vehicles are responsible for almost a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions in the UK in 2012 and Steve Large hopes to make a dent in this figure working as an engineer to create electric car charging points.

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Forward thinking foot fashion

We put ourselves in Asha's shoes, to find out what it's like to be a footwear production engineer at famous British boot brand Dr Martens.

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Clean manufacturing

How can engineers make some of our most popular products in an efficient, sustainable and environmentally-friendly way as possible?

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Green means GO!

10 million car journeys, half a million cycle rides and 6 million bus trips every day - Kamlah Kew tells us about the challenges of traffic control engineering for London!

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Cricket, wickets, maths and physics

Dr David James is a sports engineer and course leader for the Sports Engineering MSc at Sheffield Hallam University. Read about how he helps big sports companies, sports governing bodies and professional teams in their quest for cutting-edge sports equipment.

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Engineering and disaster relief

Hurricane Haiyan caused devastation in the Philippines in 2013 - find out how Alice Bond is using her engineering skills to help the local communities.

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A new track record

Structural engineering can play a crucial role in sports by building stadiums that allow everyone can see the action. We spoke to Pete about his involvement with the Velodrome and other projects!

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Engineering in the army

Engineers work for the British Army - what do they do? Major Matt Smith tells us.

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Crash, bang, wallop, what a job!

Kimberley is a graduate at vehicle engineering, test and development company MIRA, keeping drivers safe on the roads through crash barrier testing and more.

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Virtual sports

Patty Srinath works in the Digital Sports department at the Nike headquarters. She uses her engineering knowledge and her love of sports to make brand new gadgets to track and measure our fitness!

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Chocs away!

If Willy Wonka was an engineer, he might have a job like Rob Sharpley! Rob has been working to increase the amount of chocolate that his factory can produce in an energy-efficient way.

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Building a sustainable future

40% of UK carbon emissions come from the built environment, and building services engineers like Sally are helping make buildings more sustainable and comfortable.

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A sound apprentice

We caught up with Glenn Ward from the BBC's The Apprentice, now an electronics engineer at Cadac, to see what kind of sound magic happens behind the scenes at your favourite show.

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Get set for jet-set engineering

If you’re flying high across the sky to get to your destination, it’s thanks to engineers like Craig Johnstone.

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Driven to succeed

Nazia Ali is a graduate working in the Body Engineering department at Jaguar Land Rover. She's part of the team behind the distinctive shape of their vehicles, as well as the less obvious, but equally important things that go on inside the cars!

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Loving cars

Stephanie Alexander is an automotive engineer who loves all things car!

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Down the drain?

Dealing with water and drainage infrastructure, Jack Huggins is a graduate engineer at Arup in their water sector in Cardiff.

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If you don’t ask, you don’t get

Brittany Harris explains how there are many people out there who want to help young people get into engineering and work abroad. All you need to do is ask!

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On software engineering

Conor Graham talks about why he enjoys software engineering, and how you can get involved.

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A day in the life

A day in the life of graduate structural engineer James Rushton

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Delivering amazing sculptures

From acrobatic elephants to Robbie Williams' giant head, James Solly tells us about how he's helped artists and creative people make some incredible structures through engineering!